my partner is a european member of the familey as i have both

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my partner is a european member of the familey as i have both british and irish passport we would like to bring her sister who lives in the phlippines to london to live with us i would be the one to support her and responceble for her living exspences though out her stay here is this allowed under european law

If you have a right to live the in the UK as an EEA National, your family may join you here. Your family is defined as:

your spouse (husband or wife) or civil partner;

any children or grandchildren of you, your spouse or your civil partner who are under 21 years of age or who are dependent on you; and

the parents or grandparents of you, your spouse or your civil partner.

Other relatives (including extended family members such as brothers, sisters and cousins) do not have an automatic right to live in the UK. To be considered, the extended family member must be able to demonstrate that they are dependent on you.

If you and your partner are not married or in a civil partnership, you must be able to show that you are in a durable relationship with each other.

Thus, your partner will have to show that his sister is wholly dependant upon him whilst in the Phillipines. If she can prove this, her application has a reasonable prospect of success.

hi we can prove we are in a durable relationship and my partners sister gets help from us she has no help at all from her ex partner so what are our chances to bring her here she will not be a burden on the public purse i will meet all her living and airfare cost and she would of course stay with us

one last question am i right to assume by your answers my partners 17year old son as the right to come to live or just a vacation under familily member he is allso at the moment living with grandparents in phlippines but dependant on us

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